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Nov 4, 2024
Meta Platforms Expects Significant Capex Growth in 2025
Image: Meta’s capital spending continues to be on the rise, but its free cash flow generation remains robust. Meta Platforms put up excellent third quarter results with strong free cash flow generation. The company’s balance sheet also remains very healthy with a substantial net cash position. However, management spoke of continued capital spending growth, which will weigh on free cash flow generation in the coming periods. The company also noted cost pressures in depreciation and operating expense growth for next year, putting a damper on the excitement surrounding its third-quarter earnings beat. Though cost pressures should be expected, Meta Platforms remains a net-cash-rich, free-cash-flow generating powerhouse.
Nov 1, 2024
Apple’s Fiscal Fourth Quarter Report Shows Strength
Image: Apple’s shares continue to flirt with all-time highs. Apple ended the quarter with $157.7 billion of cash and marketable securities. Total debt totaled $106.6 billion at the end of the quarter. For the twelve months ended September 28, cash flow from operations advanced to $118.3 billion from $110.5 billion in last year’s period, while capital spending fell to $9.4 billion from $11 billion in the year-ago period. Free cash flow of $108.8 billion in the fiscal year easily covered the company’s cash dividends paid of $15.2 billion. Apple bought back $94.9 billion in common stock during the fiscal year. Our fair value estimate stands at $226 per share.
Nov 1, 2024
Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of November 1
Let's take a look at firms raising/lowering their dividends this week.
Oct 31, 2024
Altria Reaffirms 2024 Full Year Guidance
Image: Altria’s shares have recovered nicely during 2024. Altria paid dividends of $1.7 billion and $5.1 billion during the third quarter and the first nine months, respectively. The 4.1% increase in its dividend in August marked the 59th increase during the past 55 years. Management’s guidance calls for a mid-single-digits annual increase in its per-share payout through 2028. We liked Altria’s operating income growth in its Smokeable Products segment in the quarter, and we’re fans of its plans for the dividend the next few years. Altria remains a key idea in the High Yield Dividend Newsletter portfolio.
Oct 31, 2024
Booking Holdings Experiencing Strong Performance in Europe
Image: Booking Holdings’ shares soar to all-time highs. Booking’s free cash flow of $7.25 billion through the first nine months of the year is nearly 40% of revenue, showcasing its cash-rich business model. The company declared a cash dividend of $8.75 per share to stockholders of record as of the close of business December 6. The high end of our fair value estimate range for Booking Holdings stands north of $5,000. We continue to like shares as an idea in the Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio. Shares yield 0.75% at the time of this writing.
Oct 30, 2024
Microsoft Remains a Net-Cash-Rich, Free-Cash-Flow Generating Powerhouse
Image: Microsoft’s shares continue to flirt with all-time highs. Microsoft ended the quarter with $78.4 billion in cash and short-term investments against long-term debt of $42.9 billion. Cash flow from operations increased to $34.2 billion from $30.6 billion in the year-ago period, while capital spending swelled to $14.9 billion from $9.9 billion in the year-ago quarter. Free cash flow in the quarter of $19.3 billion handily covered cash dividends paid of $5.6 billion over the same time. Microsoft remains one of our top ideas in both the Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio and Dividend Growth Newsletter portfolio.
Oct 30, 2024
Republic Services Pricing Strength Continues to be Evident
Image Source: Republic Services. Year-to-date, Republic Services returned $834.3 million to shareholders in the form of $329.5 million of share buybacks and $504.8 million in dividends paid. Looking to 2024, Republic Services now expects revenue near the low end of its 2024 guidance range ($16.075-$16.125 billion) and adjusted EBITDA at the high end of the range ($4.9-$4.925 billion). We like Republic Services moaty business model and its pricing strength, and the company remains a core holding in the newsletter portfolios.
Oct 30, 2024
Chipotle Targets 7,000 Restaurants in North America
For 2024, management is targeting full-year comparable restaurant sales growth in the mid to high-single digit range, while it adds 285-315 new company-operated restaurant openings with 80% having a Chipotlane. For 2025, Chipotle is targeting opening 315-345 company-operated restaurants with over 80% having a Chipotlane. Though comparable restaurant sales were lower than the consensus forecast in the third quarter, we like Chipotle’s long-term plans calling for 7,000 restaurants in North America, up from the 3,600 restaurants it currently has in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Kuwait. Chipotle remains a key idea in the Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio.
Oct 30, 2024
Visa Reports Strong Fiscal Fourth Quarter Results
Image: Visa’s shares look poised to break out to new all-time highs. At the end of the quarter, Visa’s cash and investment securities totaled $17.7 billion, while long-term debt stood at $20.8 billion, reflecting a modest but manageable net debt position. Visa returned $6.8 billion to investors in the form of share repurchases and dividends during the fiscal fourth quarter, while the board increased Visa’s quarterly cash dividend 13%, to $0.59 per share. For the twelve months ended September 30, Visa put up a 65.7% operating margin and a free cash flow margin of 52%. We continue to like Visa as a top idea in the Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio. The high end of our fair value estimate range stands at $329 per share.
Oct 29, 2024
Momentum Across Alphabet’s Business Is “Extraordinary”
Image: Shares of Alphabet look poised to break out to all-time highs. Alphabet ended the quarter with $93.2 billion in total cash and marketable securities and long-term debt of $12.3 billion. Cash flow from operations in the quarter was $30.7 billion, while capital spending totaled $13.1 billion, resulting in robust free cash flow generation of $17.6 billion. Year-to-date, cash flow from operations was $86.2 billion on capital spending of $38.3 billion, good for free cash flow generation of $47.9 billion. Alphabet also announced a cash dividend of $0.20 per share, to be paid to each of the company’s Class A, Class B, and Class C shares. Our fair value estimate stands at $188 per share.


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